SHI Cheng,WANG Xi,LIU Yu,et al.Effect and Mechanism of Banxia Xiexintang on Rats with Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Based on Keap1/Nrf2/ARE Signaling Pathway[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(20):31-37.
SHI Cheng,WANG Xi,LIU Yu,et al.Effect and Mechanism of Banxia Xiexintang on Rats with Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Based on Keap1/Nrf2/ARE Signaling Pathway[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(20):31-37. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20211901.
Effect and Mechanism of Banxia Xiexintang on Rats with Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Based on Keap1/Nrf2/ARE Signaling Pathway
To explore the mechanism of Banxia Xiexintang (BXXX) in preventing and treating chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) through Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1)/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)/antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling pathway.
Method
2
SD rats were divided into a normal group (
n
=12) and an experimental group for CAG model induction. The model rats were then randomly divided into a model group, a vatacoenayme (VG) group (60 mg·kg
-1
), and high- (280 mg·kg
-1
), medium- (140 mg·kg
-1
), and low-dose (70 mg·kg
-1
) BXXX groups. The doses in the BXXX groups were equivalent to 28, 14, and 7 g·kg
-1
crude drugs. The rats in the normal group and the model group received distilled water at an equal volume, and those in the VG group and the BXXX groups were treated correspondingly by gavage. After 12 weeks of treatment, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was carried out to observe pathological changes in the gastric mucosa of CAG rats. Western blot and real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR was used to detect the protein and mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, glutathione S-transferase (GST), and NAD (P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) in the gastric mucosa of CAG rats.
Result
2
Compared with the normal group, the model group showed increased protein and mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, NQO1, and GST in the gastric mucosa of the rats (
P
<
0.05), atrophic gastric mucosa, and even intestinal metaplasia. The protein and mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, NQO1, and GST in the VG group and the high- and medium-dose BXXX groups were lower than those in the model group (
P
<
0.05), and gastric mucosa atrophy and intestinal metaplasia were significantly improved, especially in the high-dose BXXX group. However, the effect in the low-dose BXXX group was not significant.
Conclusion
2
BXXX can blunt the transcriptional activity of Nrf2, shut down Nrf2 signaling pathway, and reduce the expression levels of NQO1 and GST to achieve normal oxidation-anti-oxidation balance, which may be one of its action mechanisms in the treatment of CAG.
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